Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-22
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF S. c. DEER
DOFF.

SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF S. c. DEER
DOFF.
Some two or three weeks ego young man
registered at the Goodyear house as S. C..
Deerdoff, Chicago, Ill, and was assigned to
room No. l. He represented that he was
agent for Howard & Co., of Kansas City,
Mo-, a publishing company; that he intend
ed to locate here and appoint sub agents for
the firm of Howard & Co., who were intro
ducing book, which treated OF the labor
problem. 1t was supposed from the young
mans talk that he expected his book to be
sold largely to Knights Of Labor and to
farmers, He made numerous contracts, on
which it is claimed large amounts Of money
were received, to which contracts the name
of Howard &, Co. was signed.
The latter part of last week the proprietor
of the Goodyear house was surprised to find
Deerdoff had, in very mysterious way, dis
appe AIRED, and the landlord was much sur
prised when, on examination Of the room,
he found Deerdoff's personal effects had been
removed. Mr.. Piper kept the matter secret
but at once notified the firm In Kansas City
of the sudden disappearance Of their agent,
and last night it was claimed the Pinkertons
had a detective in the house, whose duty it
was to hunt up ard bring to justice the
recreant Deerdoff.
Numerous guests Of the house were seen by
the reporter, but none could give him any in
formation, more than he already possessed.
I'D
terious Pinkerton detective. One of the
guests pointed out a small, Intellectual look
ing gentleman that the reporter Immediately
recognized as Senator John Kelley; another
stranger pointed out Mr.. Brown, the big real
estate agent; and everyone supposed some
one else with whom he did not happen to be
acqu ainted, to be the veritable Piukerton
himself
The reporter saw tall, ministerial looking
gentleman promenading on the sidewalk in
front of tie hotel, and stepping UP to him in
formed the ministerial looking gen.
tleman that he was q repre-
sentative Of the great daily EAGLE,
and would consider it favor if he would
unbosom himself amp make known what de-
gree of success had attended his efforts to
figure out the mysterious disappearance OF
s. E. Deerdoff The ministerial looking gen.
tleman seemed dumfounded at the idea that
he should know anything about it. and the
reporter began to feel that he had failed to
discover the detective. But on learning the
points already obtained by the reporter
be surrendered and said, low here,
"My name is Frank Howard, Of the firm of
Howard & Co., of Kansas City: and this
man Deerdoff was our agent He lived iu
Kansas City and not in Chicago as be rep
resented.
His parents are very fine people and / dis
like to have anything said about it in the
Eagle as that paper goes to Kansas City and
every place, l guess" When asked how
much his firm were out through Deerdoff's
crookedness, Mr.. Crosby said he could not
tell the amount until he got through settling
bills, but he said Deerdoff had obtained
money on the credit of the firm by perpetrat-
ing forgeries Mr.. Crosby said nov do
not want to tell you anything more To-
morrow he said he could tell more Not be
ing abe to obtain more the reporter conclud-
ed to wait until tomorrow.